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it worked in the white house, i worked in three administrations. they have a tremendous institutional at vantage in this kind of bias. i think what republicans have to do is avoid these sites come at the straps the democrats and president obama are laying, provide an alternative to passing legislation, just to show them this is how we recover if we have the powers of the presidency and the senate and to be careful and frankly the rougher edges republicans sometimes have. >> host: some republicans aren't happy sr is moving ahead. >> guest: i think if they had gone ahead, it would have been cataclysmic for the republican party. i say that because it is the worst possible ground for republicans to make their argument. elections have consequences. president obama won. as much as i want, it's absolutely crucial to the future of the country. i think some house republicans not sympathetic to their concerns, i think that dcl sums is misplaced and what would've happened as he would've had this high-stakes confrontation and in the end he would've had republi
it worked in the white house, i worked in three administrations. they have a tremendous institutional at vantage in this kind of bias. i think what republicans have to do is avoid these sites come at the straps the democrats and president obama are laying, provide an alternative to passing legislation, just to show them this is how we recover if we have the powers of the presidency and the senate and to be careful and frankly the rougher edges republicans sometimes have. >> host: some...
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in truth, it's really the large business, large chart, whatever, the larger obama administration is really the main strurmt for implementing a tax system, whatever you have. they are the ones that keep most of the records, and they are also the ones that, if they are large enough, they can do what the smaller organization does, keeping two sets of books. the financial accounting would be messed up, they could allocate capital well. that's part of the reason why income tax is possible in the 20th century, and despite the fact the civil war, it doesn't work in a nation of farmers or small businesses. in the modern era, there's another story missing, and that is which relates to something everybody's talked a limit about, about transfer systems interacting with the tax code. nina talked about the income cax credit, joe talked about it, and if you think about what we do in terms of phasing out benefits in the tax system and phasing out, measuring who is eligible for the huge number of the transfer systems, we rely on income. we are not going to rely on consumption and say there's a million dol
in truth, it's really the large business, large chart, whatever, the larger obama administration is really the main strurmt for implementing a tax system, whatever you have. they are the ones that keep most of the records, and they are also the ones that, if they are large enough, they can do what the smaller organization does, keeping two sets of books. the financial accounting would be messed up, they could allocate capital well. that's part of the reason why income tax is possible in the...
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one of the questions people often ask about, the first you the obama administration, why did you take on health care at the same time we were having all these other issues, and i think precisely the reason was health care is not just a huge moral, social, you know, technological issues. it's an economic issue, and it was one of those that we thought it was something that could be helpful to the economy going forward. if you ask how can it, what's a positive on health care? you ask how's the economy doing? what's the sector in economy that is growing jobs through the whole recession? it's the health care sector. i think it is, and that's nothing partly as a dynamic sector coming up with incredible innovation. the amount of exciting discoveries that are moving -- looming on the horizon i think are perhaps big and health care than so many parts of the economy. so that's the positive. the hard side is it's a complicated site. precisely the reason we don't leave health care just to the private sector is because it's complicated. we don't look at someone who's on the streets and in distress
one of the questions people often ask about, the first you the obama administration, why did you take on health care at the same time we were having all these other issues, and i think precisely the reason was health care is not just a huge moral, social, you know, technological issues. it's an economic issue, and it was one of those that we thought it was something that could be helpful to the economy going forward. if you ask how can it, what's a positive on health care? you ask how's the...
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in 2012 under the president obama administration and the budget has doubled from just under six and a half to over 11 and a half. that is an important note to me for this record as we look at how we balance security and comprehensive immigration reform. i absolutely believe in spite of your differing interest that we cannot suffer a piecemeal process. it must be a comprehensive process. and so let me thank you for your intellect ingenious and ask this question quickly. those individuals who have come who are not technological giants, many of them were trained in america's institutions of higher learning. is that not accurate? >> correct. >> so the likes of these american citizens. a number of those that uc, to will, yahoo, they went through the nation institution of higher learning. could it not also be that the children of those who have different skills ultimately go to stanford, harvard, princeton, and be the same kind of genius that immigrants have been or -- when i say immigrants, those youngsters that you speak of? so that if you happen to be the child of an unskilled, undocumen
in 2012 under the president obama administration and the budget has doubled from just under six and a half to over 11 and a half. that is an important note to me for this record as we look at how we balance security and comprehensive immigration reform. i absolutely believe in spite of your differing interest that we cannot suffer a piecemeal process. it must be a comprehensive process. and so let me thank you for your intellect ingenious and ask this question quickly. those individuals who...
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and also during my time, obviously in the obama administration, i greatly benefited from many of the georgetown graduates. i had the honor to have someone as my chief of staff, jeremy bash, who graduated from georgetown, served as my chief of staff at the cia and followed me to the pentagon as my chief of staff. and also someone who is head of public affairs at the pentagon, george little, who is also someone who both graduated and later taught here at georgetown. talented, young individuals who have been at my side every day for the last four years at both the cia and the pentagon. and i'm deeply grateful for fore work on behalf of me and on behalf of the nation. and i'm deeply grateful to georgetown for training such extraordinary public servants. and speaking of extraordinary public servants, i think many in this audience know that there's a georgetown professor that the president has nominated to serve as the next secretary of defense, chuck hagel. i am confident and i've expressed that confidence publicly that the men and women of the department of defense will have the kind of
and also during my time, obviously in the obama administration, i greatly benefited from many of the georgetown graduates. i had the honor to have someone as my chief of staff, jeremy bash, who graduated from georgetown, served as my chief of staff at the cia and followed me to the pentagon as my chief of staff. and also someone who is head of public affairs at the pentagon, george little, who is also someone who both graduated and later taught here at georgetown. talented, young individuals...
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administration and barack obama himself, they understand that they are focused in, to be effective in their relationships, they have to work well together. europe is a strong partnership. >> [inaudible question] >> i think it will require important admentan require important adjustments and policies on both sides of the atlantic but i think it will eventually be done in the time span that you outlined. ou outli. >> that would be one of the adjustments needed. >> i feel that there is a new sense of realism about europe within europe. the breakup of the euro, exit from the eurozone, all of these difficulties. all of the cynics who knew all of the answers had you never had any permanent data mechanism, you will never get to a point where you make it is and it is important. the european council is now moving on. when we didn't support the tax of [inaudible] , because their implications, yet the first meeting, it was the first item on the agenda. the countries that supported this could get out of. i think during this current time, we need to start the negotiations for free trade between th
administration and barack obama himself, they understand that they are focused in, to be effective in their relationships, they have to work well together. europe is a strong partnership. >> [inaudible question] >> i think it will require important admentan require important adjustments and policies on both sides of the atlantic but i think it will eventually be done in the time span that you outlined. ou outli. >> that would be one of the adjustments needed. >> i feel...